Two Danbury men nabbed on drug charges

Updated 7:53 pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013

DANBURY -- Two men have been arrested on charges of peddling drugs out of their Lincoln Avenue home to a clientele of "known drug users and people with a violent criminal history," police said.

Shawn Pennywell, 32, and Robert Cherry, 43, face charges of possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics with the intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, according to a police news release.

Cherry was additionally charged with possession of crack cocaine, criminal attempt to sell heroin and criminal attempt to sell heroin within 1,500 feet of a school, police said.

"A police surveillance of this address identified an unusual amount of vehicle and foot traffic to and from the address, which was consistent with illegal drug activity," department spokesman Lt. Christian Carroccio said.

"Many of the people seen frequenting the address were known drug users and people with a violent criminal history."

Pennywell was previously convicted of narcotics possession, but avoided prison time in that case, online court records showed.

According to the records, he has two other cases pending.

Records show that Cherry has a lengthy criminal record that includes multiple drug convictions.

It was unclear whether either man had hired an attorney as of Wednesday.